Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1943 — Page 10

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' OUR BALL AND OUR BAT | WE admit that we do not know quite as much about international monetary stabilization as we think we know about baseball, but as we recall it, the kid who owns * the ball and bat is usually captain and decides when and r where the game will be played, and who will be on the team. i} While international monetary stabilization isn't base- % ball, it is a game. Gold is as necessary to that game as a ball and bat to baseball. Since the United States now owns some 22 billions of the world’s 28 billions of gold, we think Uncle Sam is going to be captain of the team or there will be no game, We have no grouch on our British cousins for their desire, as expressed by Lord Keynes, to have Britain control the show. They cannot be blamed for trying us out to see. if we are still as soft in the head in international affairs as we have often been in the past. But the idea of “supplanting gold as a governing factor” and apportioning voting power. on the basis of pre-war trade, which would give Britain about 50 per cent more voting power than the _ United States, not only isn’t good baseball—it isn’t even "cricket. Now is the time, it seems to us, to remind the British in a nice way just who it is that owns the ball and bat. Again America will be willing to “lend the tools”—in this case two billions of gold—but only on.a basis of at least equal Partaership with the British.

DANGER IN DELAY

T= most urgent duty confronting congress is to enact a pay-as-you-go, collect-at-the-source, income tax plan. “Each day of delay deprives the government of needed revenue ‘and increases the menace of. inflation. As President Roosevelt said, control of wages, control of food prices, and rationing—all of which he has ordered enforced with added vigor—are not enough to hold the anti-inflation line. Purchasing power must be decreased through taxation and savings. © Chester C. Davis, food administrator) points out that war spending is putting into the hands of American consumers this year 35 billion dollars more than the value, at present prices, of the limited supply of goods and services they ¢an buy. He urges pay-as-you-go taxation, to take money directly out of salary checks and pay envelopes before. it ¢an be used to bid up the present prices. Republicans in the house of representatives, with few exceptions, are eager to vote pay-as-you-go. They voted for the Ruml-Carlson bill, : Their leader, Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, announces he will oppose an Easter recess _of congress until the house is given another opportunity ‘to act.

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DEMOCRATS, oho defeated the Ruml-Carlson bill and then sent all tax matters back to the ways and means committee, are hearing from the folks at home and repent. ing in haste. More than 70 of them have signed a letter asking the committee to report out another bill. Their leader, Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts, also is demanding action before the Easter recess. Ways and means is the bottleneck. Its chairman, Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, apparently wants to preserve his committee’s perfect record for bungling and obstruction. But a little more pressure from the house for a chance to ‘redeem its own blunders will break down ways and means resistance and jar loose a bill for action. Let it come quickly. After the house has acted the _ senate must act, and time is precious, For until pay-as-you-go becomes law congress cannot proceed sensibly on other tax legislation, and 44,000,000 taxpayers will be left "in uncertainty about the future. People uncertain about © the taxes they will have to pay, and how the government is going to collect those taxes, can’t be expected to respond with full enthusiasm to appeals to put cash into war bonds.

270 TO 107 He Hobbs bill, bitterly opposed by leaders of organized labor, passed the house of representatives by a 270 to

107 vote. The bill ig the reply of the house to the supreme court

decision which held that congress intended unions, thelr

officers and members, to be immune to punishment. under the federal anti-racketeering law. It makes plain the intent of one branch of the present congress that unionists, like other persons, shall pay the penalties of that law. if they obstruct interstate c6mmerce by practicing robbery and extortion. We helieve it safeguards adequately all legiti-

mate union activities. Twice before, in less than three years, the house has

passed conspicuous legislation opposed by labor leaders and the administration—the Smith amendments to the Wagner act, by a 2568-t0-129 vote, in June, 1940; ‘the Smith antistrike bill, by a 252-to-136 vote, three days. before Pearl Harbor. Both died in the senate labor committee. "The greater margin given the Hobbs bill by the branch of congress usually most sensitive to public opinion prob-

warning in 10 years that labor leadership is getting very ‘the time when it must act to rid unionism of racke-

teering and other abuses 0 or see congress act.

ONVERT NOW \HIS is the time for householders Ww arrange to convert from ofl to coal. Furnaces soon will be out for the sumEarly birds will have first call on the necessary equip- , on the services of plumbers, 0 on the coal they will need Don't count upon oil being more plentiful next winter. p for those who

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|Prices and Coupons|

By John Love

CLEVELAND, . Af 13.—It took things ike the buttér moratorium and the meat panié t6 make us recognize the efficiency of the American system of distribution

of goods. We really appreciate it td

only when it temporarily gives way. The transportation, wholesaling and retailing of foods and other necéssities ordinarily fumnice tion so smoothly we never give them a thought. They have grown to their present, or rather their recent, {acility with such steadiness that we never stopped to congratulate ourselves on living with that kind of service. We are learning the hard way how important it is to have the goods in the right place at the right time and in the right quantities, and that the distributor and retailer rank with the producer in their value to society. Another thing we are beginning to learn, or soon

will be, is the value of the price system in the distribu-

tion of goods.

Rationing Mas to Be Managed

THAT NECESSARY nuisance, the coupon rationing business, will be showing us the advantages of the old atitomatic rationing which was provided by prices. Now that there is more money and well distributed money in this country than theré are essential goods, effective demand has to be cut down by the use of

ration tickets, and so the tickets are having to take over the burden formerly carried by prices in deciding who was to get what and how much. How well they will do it remains to be seen, but we

are finding that rationed distribution does not work

automatically as prices did, but has to be managed and manipulated and shifted and changed on signals provided by statistics. If the signals are slow or the statisticians make mistakes in arithmetic, then the rationing breaks down here and there, wholé communities run out of certain kinds of victuals, the public becomes panieky, bureaucrats have to aapiain and hell is raised in general,

Substitutes Don't Work as Well

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NOTHING WORKS so smoothly or with so little | .-

attention as prices do in normal times. Substitutes can’t be devised without a vast amount of trouble and they never work so well, a8 a number of éxpériments with primitive communism in this country in the last century always proved. It was in the Kremlin in Moscow, of all places, that I had explained in a way new to me this value of the price system in a great and wealthy country like America. I suppose I had read the doétrine of prices in economics books, but the commissar put it ini 4 new light. (He disappeared a year or so afterward, but I don’t think it’ was on account of my interview). ° 1 was asking V. I. Mezhlauk how it was possible for the Soviet government to know how much of this and that and the other thing to manufacture, so long as so many goods were still rationed and the free play of prices was restricted in many ways. How did they know, without letting prices of necessities move up and down freely, how much to make or even what

additional factories to build? Even with the closest.

statistical control, how would they know in time?

Prices Were Barometer

MEZHLAUK’S ANSWER was that they didn’t always. For example, the cigaret lighter he was using he perhaps ought to give up, because the match fac-

tories had run away beyond the requirement. The:

country suddenly had a great surplus of matches. “But the Soviet Union:ig short of almost everything except raw materials,” he went on. “We can’t make serious mistakes for a long time yet. Probably in years to come we shall have enough of the necessities, and then the question of balancing the various activities will come up.” in my country, he went on, and he had spent sev eral months here. we did not have this problem because prices told us when we were about to run out of something. If he is still alive he would be interested in hears ing how nearly the combination of ptice control and coupons manages to provide the right amount ‘of goods when they are needed. a 8 ® Westbrook Pegler is on vacation. .

What Next in Air?

By Major Al Williams

NEW YORK, April 13.—Airmen think this war is going into the air, and that before it is over almost the whble world will be above the horizon. . When the Maginot line was intact, airpower was gathering its strength for a showdown. During this period it was satisfied with skirmishing, testing and probing g Then the break—and the: head was airpower. Gen. Cond Kenney put the last touch to thé réeord by launching his bombers against a Jap convoy and sinking every ship. The prelude to every successful advance of 4 land or sea force has heen air superiority. Now where do we g0 from here?

Couldn't Sell Horseback War

FROM THE EARLIEST 'récords of warfare, the foot soldier was the cream of the crop. It was the armored infanttyman, the Bow-and-arrow man, who won all the battles.

From time to time, in the €arly ‘days, there was

mention of cavalry. Originally these cavalry enthusiasts must have been infantrymen who had ideas about what they could do if mounted on horses. They were able to sell their ideas but only to the point where they were permitted to race out ahead of the foot soldiers and see What the enemy might be doing behind the next ridge.

Then they began to carry weapons. But they | |.

just couldn’t sell thelr horseback war to the point where they could deal decisive blows and win cams

on their own. ‘They were auxiliary forces, | |

paigns and held in that category.

UD 10 the present, has not that been the fate of alrpower? : i bly will encourage independence on this measure in the | Senate. We hope so. Certainly it is the most impressive |

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We Must: Paralyze Enemy

men admirably adapted to handling planes,

We can't afford to scrap our warships and our| |

BUT SOME NATION is §oing to employ. airpower 13 fully. And that nation: 18 the United States of | | America. ‘We have the horsepower. Our resources | |. for building are prodigious. We have the type of | |

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e Best Car Needs a Steering V Wheel!

The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but will ‘defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

# a2 “ADVANCE THE. . FRONTIERS OF WISDOM" >

By Sol Montlsek, 1235 'N. Alabama st, It is especially fitting that the Midwestern states (which are, geo-

heart of our nation) should take the leadership in awakening ‘the topranking G. O. P. officials, as well as the rest of the citizens of the United States, to the need for clear and intelligent planning toward establishing & lasting peace for all nations. Iam reterting to the recerit effort. to ‘overcome closed-minded isola-, tionism - by the Republican PostWar Policy association, which has been created in the states of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. Sh As an independent voter and resident © of Indianapolis, I am deeply gratified to learn that such a world-renowned author and universal thinker as Booth Tarkington is taking the leadership in the creation of the post-war council of Indiana Republicans. This couneil stands for the integrating principle

|of co-operation, as the basis for a

lasting peace among the world family of nations. “The every-man-for-himself philosophy of competition and isolationism has proven to Be a dismal fail ure! It has carried in its wake the

.| diseases of want and fear. These

diseases have become shronie in our totalitarian dictatorships, in taking from the people the rights of freedom of speech and worship. In his writings, Booth Tarkington tells us that mankind has not progressed very far up the ladder of evolution. This. gives us greater cause to put forth super-human ef: fort to lift ourselves to a higher level of integrative thinking. We must not be content to have politicians do our thinking for us. We must begin to make usé of our creative or spiritual intelligence. Frederick Kettner, in his article published in. the “Biosophical Review” entitled, “The - Four Free doms, a Basis for a Better World,” writes that “there are two things necessary in order to develop our

graphically speaking, the center or] .

T imes readers are invited to express their views in these columns; religious cone troversies excluded. Becayse of the volume received, letters must be limited to 250 -words. ' Letters’ mest be ~ signed.)

spiritual tiene as students in the school of life; First, we must realize that man was born to ful fill ‘a higher destiny, and secondly that the Four Freedoms are the four keys which open néw horizons for the attainment of religious, cultural, economic and political well-being.” In this same magazine, Booth Tarkington writes, “No doubt the idea of thie Four Freedoms is a

‘helpful stimulation of the kind of

thought that ih thé present state of our imperfections, leads us toward what we call an ideal world. Rven if human beings can’t hope, in their present state of evolution, to make such a world a practical outcome of présent suffering, they can perhaps advance the frontiers of wisdom.” As the pioneers of old gave meaning to their éxistence in widening the frontiers of our great country, 80 can we add happiness .to our lives in uniting our forces of intelligence, as the pioneers who will advance the “frontiers of wisdom.” 8 “MAYOR TYNDALL 100 PER CENT RIGHT” By Edward F. Maddox, 050 W. 28th st. From what I read in the papers, it seems that Mr. Henry Ostrom ¢éan’t bring himself to believe that we, the people of Indianapolis, really elected Mayor Robert H. Tyndall Yes, sir, Henry, we did elect Mr. Tyndall mayor of our fair city, believe it.or not, and we want him to run the office. ¥. And not only that, we want Mayor Tyndall to know that we have full confidence in him and we hope he can do the job witheut any ufidue interference or heckling, = 14% remember nant, Mr. Ostrom

Side Glances—By Galbraith

1and forces, but our Mrpower has already begun to.| | | Fa ” chip away the strength of our enemies. Ane a. Bs

greater and more ‘powerful our Air forces the weaker becoines the enemy air forées to oppose ours. industry is beginning to tell.” No nation’ can: stand up un _mering from the air by forces every day. with ‘alr 8 Ee

-| was appointed county chairman on - [the insistence of Jimmy Bradford

“to create harmony.” So if Mr. Ostrom was appointed “to create harmony,” then why all the discord? Mayor Tyndall has hinted that somebody may have been building up a personal political following through patronage. Now if it could be possible that Mr. Ostrom. was showing too much favor for Jimmy Bradford’s political henchmen in political appointments and if the “loyal Republicans” he refers to so often are Bradford followers, it follows that such an attitude would merely put the Bradford machine in full control of the political situation in the county. Well, if that is a correct analysis of - the . situation, Mayor Tyndall is 100 per cent right to step in and assert his power to run his own business. And that is what we elected him to do.” And that’s what we ‘want him to do! The right thing for Mr. Ostrom to do.is to “create harmony” or create a vacancy! If we the voters had wanted Mr. Ostrom to be boss, we would have nominated him. But we didn’t, and that’s that!

Tyndall | is qualified to run the mayor’s office and. also that he is the kind of man we Hoosiers need to make our next governor. These are war days and we need men of military experience and executive ability in our posts of authonty — now! ” ” 8

“MAN WHO PRODUCES BETTER OFF NOW” By E. Haupt, 2541 N. Delaware st. Answer to Mr. Maddox’ “Save America” in Times of April 6. I read this piece by Mr. Maddox and then reread it. I can’t understand a man writing the things in the way he does. : If he would just get out his dictionary and look up some of the definitions of some of his words he would -know what they mean. There® has never been any legis lation made for the benefit of the common man or working people which is not a socialistic principle. Real democfacy is founded on socialistic principles. What socialistic principles intros duced in the last three administrations would you like to see done away with? We have had more done for the man who produces everything, and he is now, better

country. And it was not Republican principles which did it. * = | Our noted Indiana author, Theodore Dreiser, after an extensive trip around the world, said in a spéech

lin Caleb Mills hall that in all the

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| provoked, that it presented a real challenge to the .| five ‘governors and sundry other officials assembled. | from New England and Middle Atlantic states.

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Post-War Youth

| By Thomas L.- Stokes

rangy sort of fellow with ideas. He fears: that young people may have trouble fitting themselves: into the industrial machinery after the war a anlar 330 need ditssuch Sxiuten as union initiation fees, seniority rights, apprentice ship systems, minimum-wage laws, and, in the. fessions, restrictions based on rigid standards—all de

| signed, as he sees it, to limit work opportinities to

those already inside a closed circle.

A Challenge to Governors

THE OTHER was the airpiahe designer and builder, Glenn L. Martin, a modest fellow. for all his achievements in peace and war, He drew a picture’ of boundless possibilities in aviation, but tempered this with a warning that unless the heavy hand of government is lifted, unless corporations are pers mitted to set aside reserves for post-war operation, ex periment and development, they will hot be able to seize the opportunity for expansion and provide Jobs: for the millions who will need them. It wag a pretty prospect outlined by the two oute siders, but it was apparent, from the discussion they’

Dr. Gideonse portrayed the frustration of youth if. the depression ‘and said the nation would face the same problem after the war, but in a bigger way, une! less it takes hold now and prepares itself for the ree lease of millions from the service and, from war ine’

dustry. »

Restrictions Designed by Adults THE BASIC TROUBLE, as he sees it, is that the!

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channels through ‘which work opportunities are pro-, vided are more highly organized now than ever, | Unions have increased threefold since the depression, |

he pointed out. All the restrictions he listed, he said, | are designed by adults who have employment to make it difMeult for those not adults to get employment. | He did not spare education and medicine. They too, he felt, have raised restrictions. “In trade union ism it is a John L. Lewis,” he sald, “In medicine 1 is a Morris Fishbein,” When the 11 million men come back from the war, * they will have seniority rights, he explained. What concerns him is the next level, the 18, 19 and 20-year= olds who will then be pushing up from the bottom | and who will become a frustrated generation Unless « something is done. . Unless the states meet this problem, he warned, | then the federal government will--with another WPA | | or NYA, For someone must meet it. He suggested a | : solution through apprenticeship ‘training in voca« | tional schools to provide a direct transition to Jobs } i without the restrictions now imposed. -

‘Skeptical of Public: Works

AS AN EXAMPLE of what unions, —— might do, he pointed to the high school maintained |

by the needle trades in New York which provides for ' a transition directly to jobs in the needle trades withe out initiation fees and other restrictions. - He was not very hopeful that this would be duplis | cated by other union groups. He was rather skeptical, | too, of the public works projects being Planned by | the states. He said these were promoted by the construction * industry, and that both the industry and the unions in its formed a closed corporation which would not meet the problem of the youngsters. For they are barred from jobs, he said. Effective employment, as he saw it, must come.in other fields. The danger of frustrated youth, he warned, was that it was this element which ‘wis most susceptible ! to Hitler's fascism, particularly in the lower middle : classes,” and they ‘flocked to his standard as storm ; trodpers. pee : '

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Aviation Future Clouded

IT WAS A much more hopeful picture of the fue ture in aviation that Glenn Martin drew, but clouded, . too, by restrictions, those by government in tax aw. and regulations. He told of radar, of its miracles in penetrating | clouds with its rays to discover the hidden enemy, in locating submarines; in making it possible for ships to steer calmly from New York harbor through fog. He told of cargo planes of the future which will | take off, travel and land without a pilot, directed from , a central station. : He told of new fuels which will make present ene gines twice as powerful and require engines only half the size for automobiles to get present power. ! But under present restrictions, Ne said, corporations +

cannot work out corporate plans for the future. [|

High costs of production, including labor, alse limit future competitive opportunities, he added. Bee cause of this, he sald, America will Be gible to sell in . foreign markets only things Which it alone can invent, |

We the Women

By Ruth Millett

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